Health

Maine Coalition Kicks Off Statewide Health Care Is a Human Right Campaign
May 10, 2013
A coalition in Maine - the Maine People's Alliance, the Maine AFL-CIO and the Maine State Nurses Association - held press conferences in Portland and Bangor to kick off their new Health Care Is a Human Right Campaign. From the press release: Mainers without health coverage and others... Keep Reading »
Put People First Rally Highlights Strength of Human Rights Movement in Vermont
May 2, 2013
Watch the highlights of Vermont's large May Day march and hear how a member of the Put People First campaign describes the growing unity among the many struggles for our human rights. Check out this article in the Bosten Globe: MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — More than 1,000 activists... Keep Reading »
Universal Health Care Advocacy Group Readying for Local Rally - First Maryland Speakout
April 30, 2013
[...] At Birdie’s Cafe in Westminster Friday, three members of Carroll County’s chapter of Healthcare is a Human Right Maryland and statewide organizer Sergio España told of the formation of the grassroots campaign locally. They told of their excitement for the state’s... Keep Reading »
The Health Care Domino Effect: Right to Health Campaigns Are Spreading beyond Vermont
April 17, 2013
The closer we get to implementing key elements of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, the more information we receive about the federal reform’s inability to address the failures of market-based health care.  From the profiteering of insurance corporations, private hospitals and... Keep Reading »
Why We Need to Require Paid Sick Days
April 15, 2013
Ever since the Vermont Workers’ Center started the Workers’ Rights Hotline in 1998, we have heard from countless workers and their families about the hardship and suffering caused by the lack of paid sick days. It has become clear that the right to paid sick days is critical for the... Keep Reading »
Another Case for Treating Health Care as a Public Good: Time Magazine on Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us
March 12, 2013
Most health care reform advocacy – from single payer to Obamacare – has focused on the question of how our health care system should be financed, given the high number of uninsured and underinsured people and the suffering caused by an insurance industry whose business model depends... Keep Reading »
The Limitations of Market-Based Health “Reform:” Why the Feds Should Allow States to Skip Ahead to Universal Health Care
March 4, 2013
As more and more states are setting up federally mandated health insurance exchanges, the limitations of incremental, market-based health reform are becoming clearer. In these exchange marketplaces, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will subsidize the purchase of private insurance plans, yet... Keep Reading »
Peaceful protestors demanding hospital services for local community criminalized by University of Chicago
February 25, 2013
On January 27th, 2013, fifty Southside Chicago community leaders and young people paid a visit to the University of Chicago campus to peacefully demand that the institution ensure its 700 million dollar medical center expansion include provisions for local residents. The protesters planned... Keep Reading »
Vermont Governor's Financing Plan for Universal Health Care Calls for Equity But Lacks Commitments
January 31, 2013
The Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign, led by the Vermont Workers' Center, presented a human rights analysis of the Shumlin Administration's health care financing report to the Vermont House Committee on Health Care on January 30, 2013.  Key points of analysis follow below; the... Keep Reading »
The People's Address - Vermont's Alternative to the Governor's Budget Address
January 25, 2013
The Vermont Workers' Center and its Put People First partners delivered the People's Address on the future of Vermont's budget and healthcare systems. The People's Address was given ahead of the Governor's Budget Address and the Administration's presentation of a financing... Keep Reading »